China Set to Follow EU in Approving Giant Global Shipping Alliance

European Competition Regulators Give P3 Deal Green Light

ATHENS—Chinese regulators are poised to give the green light to a giant shipping alliance between the world's three biggest container operators this month, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would allow the alliance to start operating as early as the Fall.

Earlier Wednesday, European regulators said they wouldn't raise antitrust issues with the deal, leaving Chinese approval as the only remaining, major...